Giants Leap
Giants Leap is a locality in County Cavan, Ulster. Giants Leap is situated nearby to the locality Cloghan Hill, as well as near Tullynabraher.- Type: Locality
- Description: hill in County Cavan, Ireland
- Also known as: “Giant’s Leap”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Calf House and Tullygobbin Hill.
Calf House
Archaeological site
Photo: Cilian Mac Liam, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Calf House or Druid's Altar is a portal tomb or dolmen in Burren Forest, County Cavan, Ireland. It dates from Neolithic times. It is located close to the Giant's Leap wedge tomb.
Tullygobbin Hill
Archaeological site
Photo: Deadstar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tullygobbin Hill is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belcoo and Holywell.
Belcoo
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Belcoo is a border village historically in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland; these counties have been abolished and it's now part of Omagh and Fermanagh District.
Holywell
Locality
Holywell is a small village near Belcoo in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is within the townlands of Cavancarragh and Rushin. It had a population of 439 in the 2021 census. It is part of the Fermanagh and Omagh area. Holywell is situated 4½ km north of Giants Leap.
Glenfarne
Locality
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glenfarne or Glenfarn is a village in north County Leitrim, Ireland. It is the site of the original 'Ballroom of Romance', which inspired a short story by William Trevor that was subsequently turned into a television film in a BBC/RTÉ co-production. Glenfarne is situated 7 km west of Giants Leap.
Giants Leap
- Category: hill
- Location: County Cavan, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.2664° or 54° 15′ 59″ northLongitude
-7.88036° or 7° 52′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C6J7489+HVOpenStreetMap ID
node 5811032288OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q26717845
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Giants Leap” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Giants Leap”
- Dutch: “Giants Leap”
- Swedish: “Giants Leap”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Giant’s Grave and Boulder Graveyard.
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